The United States is a country that is founded by people from outside of this land. Throughout the history, people left home to come to this country with different reasons, but all aimed for new opportunities and a new life. The pilgrims came in the early 1600s, the African slaves were forced to come in between 17th to 19th century, then people from other parts of the world came as well. Up until this day, there are still people coming into this country with different reasons. People came for a better life and also contributed back to the country, which makes the United States one of the strongest nation in the world. Among the immigrants, there were a group of people that “has been forced to flee his or her country because of persecution,
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The Refugee Relief Act in 1953 provided opportunities for refugees of communism countries to come to the United States. Hungary produced a large amount of refugees under the invasion of Soviet Union during the Cold War era. Lots of the Hungarian refugees fled to Austria, and under the assistance of UNHCR, some refugees were transited to the United States. The Eisenhower’s administration team admitted thousands and thousands of Hungarian refugees into the country through different ways in just a short period of time, and ultimately offered them citizenships. The action of admitting the refugees is to show United States’ position on opposing against communism. Eisenhower’s refugee policy soon received back lash from restrictionists, Representative Walter, and Senator Olin Johnston, worrying communists may have infiltrated the country through the easy immigration process. Carl J. Bon Tempo wrote, “Resurgent restrictionism highlighted that Hungarian refugees would be welcomed in many quarters with only half-opened and suspicious arms” . In the case of the Eisenhower administration and Hungarian refugees, there were too little screening to the refugees that were let into the border. The red scare developed during the time period of Cold War influenced how the public and some government officials react to refugees from communism countries. There is a common fear toward the breach of national security in respect to allowing refugees from communism countries into the United States. The refugee policy changes with the foreign policy as well as the economy and security of the country. Every factors play into the role of deciding the refugee
The Refugee Relief Act in 1953 provided opportunities for refugees of communism countries to come to the United States. Hungary produced a large amount of refugees under the invasion of Soviet Union during the Cold War era. Lots of the Hungarian refugees fled to Austria, and under the assistance of UNHCR, some refugees were transited to the United States. The Eisenhower’s administration team admitted thousands and thousands of Hungarian refugees into the country through different ways in just a short period of time, and ultimately offered them citizenships. The action of admitting the refugees is to show United States’ position on opposing against communism. Eisenhower’s refugee policy soon received back lash from restrictionists, Representative Walter, and Senator Olin Johnston, worrying communists may have infiltrated the country through the easy immigration process. Carl J. Bon Tempo wrote, “Resurgent restrictionism highlighted that Hungarian refugees would be welcomed in many quarters with only half-opened and suspicious arms” . In the case of the Eisenhower administration and Hungarian refugees, there were too little screening to the refugees that were let into the border. The red scare developed during the time period of Cold War influenced how the public and some government officials react to refugees from communism countries. There is a common fear toward the breach of national security in respect to allowing refugees from communism countries into the United States. The refugee policy changes with the foreign policy as well as the economy and security of the country. Every factors play into the role of deciding the refugee